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Patch through meaning

Patch through is a phrasal verb that means to connect a caller with a telephone number or communications network.

Past simple
patched through
Past participle
patched through
-ing form
patching through

What patch through means

connect callerB2

To connect a caller with a telephone number or communications network

The receptionist patched me through to the accounts team.

Similar phrasal verbs

With patch: patch into, patch together, patch up.

With through: go through, get through, put someone through something, see through, take someone through something, think through, thumb through, work through, come through, go through with.

Common questions

What does patch through mean?

To connect a caller with a telephone number or communications network.

What is the past tense of patch through?

Patched through, which is also its past participle.

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